Mike Michaud’s campaign plan for governor, as presented in the Sun Journal Feb. 20, shows me that he has been in Washington too long and has lost touch with real Mainers’ problems. He has learned how to borrow and spend, spend, spend. He has voted for the billions spent on Obamacare, the stimulus and bailout […]
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Michaud releases economic plan for Maine
Troy R. Bennett/Bangor Daily News Michaud calls his plan “Maine Made.” At 33 pages, it lays out policy goals that include a plan to raise Maine’s minimum wage to $9 per hour and make the sophomore year of college at any school in the University of Maine system tuition-free. The booklet outlines initiatives in six […]
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Conservation group endorses Michaud for governor; Cutler cries foul
AUGUSTA — Maine Conservation Voters, the environmental advocacy group that issues annual scorecards for the state’s politicians in Augusta and Washington, on Friday announced its endorsement of U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud’s bid for governor in 2014. The group’s board president, Dan Amory, recounted one of the Michaud campaign’s most well-worn stories, about how Michaud first […]
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Michaud raises more than foes in Maine governor’s race
AUGUSTA — Campaign finance reports show Democratic challenger Mike Michaud outpacing the other two candidates in fundraising so far in the race for Maine governor. According to reports filed Wednesday, Michaud raised nearly $700,000 in the latest reporting period that ended Dec. 31, and has now raised more than $1 million overall. Incumbent Republican Gov. Paul […]
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A. Pelletier: Committed to constituents
The Sun Journal printed a story Jan. 2, “Gay rights group endorses Michaud in governor’s race,” in which Eliot Cutler’s people made a big deal about Michaud’s 19 consecutive votes in the Maine Legislature against equal rights for the LGBT community. After reading the article, I took pause and reflected on Michaud’s, and my own, […]
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Michaud raises $1 million in governor’s race
AUGUSTA (AP) — U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud’s campaign said Monday that the Democrat has raised more than $1 million in his bid to become Maine governor. Michaud, who faces Republican Gov. Paul LePage and independent Eliot Cutler, will be reporting $700,000 he raised in the last half of 2013. That’s in addition to the $313,000 […]
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L. Moore: Race for governor
I am so upset at the situation with Mike Michaud and Eliot Cutler, I could spit. We desperately need a new governor in Maine and I fear that those two candidates will split the vote and allow he-who-must-not-be-named to remain in office. Oh, woeful day that would be. I wish one of them would put […]
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Michaud’s gubernatorial campaign raises more than $1 million
AUGUSTA — U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud’s campaign says the Democratic candidate has raised more than $1 million in his bid to become Maine governor. The campaign said Monday that it raised almost $700,000 in the last half of 2013. That’s on top of the $313,000 it raised last June. Michaud’s campaign says no other privately […]
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Gay-rights group endorses Michaud in governor’s race
LEWISTON — A group that successfully advocated for gay marriage in 2012 has endorsed the only gay candidate in the race for Maine governor. EqualityMaine announced Thursday its endorsement of U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud. The Democrat is seeking his party’s nomination in a race against incumbent Republican Gov. Paul LePage and independent candidate Eliot Cutler. […]